Centrifugal balancing device



Aug, 1o ,1926. v1,595,724

T'. OLSEN El AL GENTRIFUGAL BALANCING DEVICE l Filed Jan. 13, 1925 AI5 Sheets-Sheet 1 gin/manto@ nims OSe/z d Aug. 10 1926.

GENTRIFUGAL BALANGING DEVICE Filed Jan. 13,. 1925 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 zzz'ua OZGe 72 an.; Mam z/zafy/e/z.

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T. LSEN ET AL CENTRIFUGAL BALANCING DEVICE F11/ed Jan. 13. 1925 s sheets-snaai s gmantoz /fzd 0/66/7 ma Patented Aug. 1o, 1926.

UNITED STATES lPri-Tielsir OFFICE] TINIUS OLSEN `AND vJACOB LUNDGREN, vOlli' PHILADELPHA, PENNSYLVANIA, AS-

SIGNORS TO TINIIUS OLSEN TESTING.MACHIN E COMPANY, 0F PHILADELPHIA,

PENNSYLVANIA, A' coEronTIoN or PENNSYLVANIA. l

CENTEIEUGAI. BALANCING `DEVICE.

Application led January 13,1925.' Serial No. 2,192.v

The presentdnvention relates. to devices 'for determining the unbalance of bodies,

and. more particularly to "the correction` of dynamic unbalance ofsueh bodies.

Som@ of the. objects of the present inventi'on are to provide an improved means for correcting dynamic unbalance in bodies; to provide means for automatieally determining the mass of material causing imbalance ina rotating body; to provide an improved means for measurin and locat- 1ng excess material causing un alancein a carry the bearing 13, and supported, 1n asimilar manner to that described for the yoke 18, by spring arms 25 vertically uprotating body; to provide means for determining .thelateral pressure on the bearings of a rotating vbody 'duetovex-isting lcentrifugal/ forces; to provide means whereby the.

axis of rotation of a body becomes'a permanent axis; and to provide other improvements as willhereinafter appear.

In the accompanying drawings, Fig. 1

represents 'a plan of a balancing machine' embodying 'one form of the present invention; Fig. I2 represents a side elevation of the same; Fig.`3 represents an end elevation of Vthe machine; Fig. 4 represents a sectional detail on line L.1r-41:' of Flg. 1; and

the pre Fig. 5 represents a plan showing the present invention as applied to balancing a crank shaft.

Referg'ing to the drawings, one form of 10, the condition of dynamic unbalance lof which is to be determined in order that correction can be-made and the axisl of rotation become a permanent axis.

For the purpose of supporting the rbtor 10 for rotation a bearing 11v is rovided to receive one en of the rotor sha mass undertest can be quickly inserted or removed from the bearings. Thus the bearing 11 is swiveled on'trunnions 14, and the beaiin 13 is formed in two parts 15 and 16,

'norma ly connected by studs 17.\o'r other f fastening means whereby 4one :part canl be t readily removed from the otherL to 'release the shaft and allow the rotor to be lifted out.. In order thatthe lateral pressures upon the bearings 11 and 13 caused bythe centrifu'gal forces of a rotating unbalanced body nt inventions shown su porting '.a mass of material, 1n the form o a rotor 12, anda ,bearing 13 is provided to. receive the other end Aof 'the rotor shaft, thesaid bearings be- 'ing arranged so that the rotor 10 or other substantiall. -ing throu tion, the aforesaid .bearings are mounted on laterally yieldin'g or ioating supports. u The support for the bearing 11 consists of a yoke .18, which carries on its two arms the respec-l tive trunnions 14 so that the/latter are cor-v rectly positioned4 in aligned relation./ The yoke 18 is inade fast between the upper ends of two spring arms 20, which are supported in substantigil vertical position from a base 21 by mean ing 'devices 23... The support/for the bearing 13 vconsists of a yoke 24,- 'arranged to standing from the base 21 and iixedly held of suitable lugs 22`Land fastenl at'the lower ends .respectively by lugs 26 and fastening devices 27. ends of the rotor shaft are'mounted in bearings respectively which are free to move transversely with respectto the axis of rotation of the. rotor 10, orother body ,under test, the aforesaid movement being caused,

Thus, the 'two l y in dynamically unbalanced bodies, by the balance of that I body so that such lateral pressures are reduced to nothing, the two f bearing spring 4structures 20 and 2 5 are mounted between two standards 28 formed integral with the base 21,- the "one forming asupport for a back stop bar 30, and the other a support for ,a front stop' 'bar 31. These bars, 3 0 and 31 are arranged in parallel relation and in the same horizontal plane as the bearing? .11y and 13, so that when the floatin earing supportsl are moved toward the ar 30, the latter becomes an abutment to `resi'st'further movement in thatdirection. The opposite bar -31 forms a `fixedv part aainst which the applied force, for shiftif t e bearings, reacts.

Preferab y the bar 30 is provided with two hardened sto pins 32 and 33, located in t e horizontal plane passl the axis ofthe 4body being tested, an'f res ctively arranged vin align' ment with har ened bearing 'plnst and 35. I

axially from the trunnion 14 on the side towards the stop bar 30, and the'pin 35 is sep cured to and projects laterally from the side- Y'of the yoke 24 towards the bar 30. The respective bearing faces of the pins 32 and v 33 are preferably plane surfaces, though they may-be slightly. conyexed towards the center 'in order to form a relative small bearing area for the ends of the pins 34 and 35, which are of substantially the same general end contour as the pins 32 and 33. The opposite sides of the bearings 11 and 13 are likewise provided respectively with bearing pins 36 and 37 projecting laterally .p15 toward the bar 31. 1' J Generally considered, the spring supports, yoke and bearing parts form a laterally movable or floating frame which supports c the shaftof a rotatable part 'at one bearing' I location; and, in this connection, it should be noted that where a rotatable part has several bearings-for example, )a shaft for a multiple cylinder engine-there 'will be a floating frame to support each bearing re- 25.` quired for the part.

v Forthe purpose of separately shifting the movable or floating bearing frame under test conditions so thatthe lateral bearing ressure, caused by unbalanced forces, can

\ excess weight located, the bar 31 is provided with two thrust pivot pins and 41 mounted for transverse sliding movement relative to the bar 31, the pin 40ibeing juxtaposed 35 to and co-axially located with respect to the bearing pin 36, and the pin'41 being juxta# posed to and co-axially located with respect to the bearing pin 37. Normally, the Ipins 40 and 41 are restingin contact with their 40 -pins '36 and 37,though without any presl sure being transmitted. As here shown,

the bar 31 has two housings 42 and 43 fixed tthereto, which form guides for the respec- .tive pivot pins 40 and 41, and also hold coil springs 44 and 45 respectively, these-latter being interposed respectively between feed screws46 and 47 and the pins 40 and 4'1.l

c graduations of the indicator wheels are in These feed screws 46 and 47 are threaded into the respective housings 42 and 43, and pro. ject outwardly therefrom toL receive knurled heads 48 and 50, which are adjustably secured `thereon respectively by clamp screws 51 and 52. These. heads are respectively `provided with indicator wheels 53 and 54,l 55 which are suitably graduated in terms, of ressure to thus give a reading of. the actual ateral pressure exerted upon the bearing' by lthe shaftfdue to the centrifugal force. In

t 60 order to establish a zero-,for the scale on the wheels 53` arid 54; each wheel has an indicator plate 55 operativel positioned with .4 .respecttojitL andy fixed yuqbut' adjustably,

- mounted upon the b ar- 1-31.-A vThe indicator wheels 53V and- 54 can'uthnsgbe calibrated or f -set :te zero ,'by.- loosening their respective -and 13, and the power7 driven spindle 56 e measured and the angular position'of the 'is ready for operation.

In order to rotate the body 10, its supporting shaft 12 is extended to one side, where it arranged to lbe connected for driving purposes. to a spindle 56 capable of flexing sufficiently to permit the required shifting ofthe shaft 12 under the movement of the floating frames. yThespindle 56 may be vdriven from any 'suitable source of power, though the preferred medium is by direct connection to an electric motor.

The operation of the device is as follows: The body to be tested-for eXample,-the. rotor 10- is mounted "in the bearings 11 connected to cause the part toV rotate at a speed determined by the conditions of use. Assuming there is dynamic imbalance in the body, the tendency of the body under rotay tion is to transmit a lateral pressure upon the bearings due to the centrifugal forces, which is here utilized as a measure of the excess weight causingthe unbalanced condition. These pressures are utilized .by turning the feed screws 46 and 47 so that the pins 40 and 41 are advanced against the belarmg pins 36 and 37, to shift the two spring frames carrying the body 10 towards the abutmentbar 31. This movement is continued until the bearing pins 34 and 35 v respectively abut the pins32 and 33, the 100 contact between the pairs of meeting pin faces being inlinitesimally light, `but'suiiicient to prevent further movement ofthe bearingframes toward the bar 30. The movement of thefpins 40 and 4l is accom- 105 plished through the compression of the coil springs 44 and 45, so that the greater the pressure required to bring the frames to rest position against the xed abutment, the greater is.the [compression of the'springs.- Since Ithe pressures required to compress the springs given amounts'are known and the terms computed from such pressures, the

lateral pressures transmitted againstxthe bearings by the shaft can be read direct `from the indicator wheels after they have vrection it is counteracted by the coils rin s `the indicator wheel. By the Aforegoing con- .reached a set` position. The correct reading is indicated by the plate 55 on thev scale of 120 struction. it will be evident that, side -jsway vof the floating frames is prevented in one lateral direction, while in the opposite diunder compression, .and from this balance pressure the weights of the excess material forming parts of the centrifugal couple are determined b .the indicating positions of the wheels with respect to the plates 55.

, While the` determination Aof the weight of the excess 'material is' essential, it is :also

necessary thatitsy v angular'- position with respect to the axis of the body be known in l lorder that correction be made at the proper place to vgive-true' running balance. This -correction can be made, either by drilling *or otherwise removing the excess material A '.1 on 4the heavy side of the' body, or by adding shaft, so that a mark i 'a like weight to the 'light side of the .'body.

-Havin determined the imbalancing weights by taking readings 'from theindicator wheel scales, the body is continued in rot/ation in the same position, and a pencil or any other marking meansv is'then brought into contact relation with either the test body or its made due to the centrifugal variation' o the body. This mark appears on the heavy side of the body kbecause the body is still held against the contact points and there is enough play in the metal tb mark the side causing variation from true running.

In Fig. 5 the device of the present invenutionis shown as applied to the determination of unbalance a crank shaft for use with a multi-cylinder engine. In this arrangement each bearing' of the shaft is supported upon avlaterally movable spring `frame of the form shown in Figs.y 1, '2 and 3 which extends transversely of the shaft with its ends respectively in abutting relatin with respect to back stop bai-s and front stop bars 31. In the form of the device of Figs. 1 and 2 the bar 30 was common to two of the measuring devices, and the bar 31 was also common to two, but where ymore than two are employed as in Fig. '5 each stop bar 30 is a rigid independent abutment and the same construction applies to the stop bars 31. This construction makes it easy to assemble the measure ing devices upon a crank shaft or other multiple bearing part as 'the placing of the devices is not limited by any interconnected parts. l

While only a single form is shown inv which'thisinvention may be embodied, it is to be understood that'the invention is. not

limited to any' specific construction, but

might be applied. to various forms without 'departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described our invention, we

claim: n

1. In a balancing device, the combination of bearin s for a shaft carrying a body to be rotate and tested for balance, means for mountin said bearings for free movement in one p ane only transverse-to, said shaft, and means actin at one sideonly of said shaft for measuring the lateral pressure of said shaft upon said' bearings caused by. centrifugal forces acting on said shaft.

2. In a balancing device, the combination of bearings for a shaft 'carrying a body to .and 'means -including coil 'in one planeonly transverse to said shaft, compression springs acting at one side only of said shaft for measuring the lateralu pressure of said shaft upon Vsaid bearings caused'by centrifugall forces acting on said shaft.

3. In. a balancing device,the combination of bearings for a shaft carrying a body to be rotated and tested lfor balance, means for mounting said bearings for free movement vin one plane only transverse to said shaft, spring means at one side only of said shaftv for vcounteracting the lateral pressure of saiilshaft upon said bearings caused byl 'engagement with said abutment, and means for measuring moving means. v

5. In a balancing device, the combination the pressure exerted bysaid of bearings for a shaft carrying a body to y i be rotated .and tested for balance, means for mounting said bearings for free movementl 'transverse to said shaft, a fixed abutment located at one side of said shaft in. the path of said'mounting means, means including be rotated and tested for balance, means for I mounting said bearings for free movement yielding devices for moving said mounting means into engagement with said abutment and means for indicating the pressure of said yielding devices. v

6. In a balancing device, the combination of a support for a shaft carrying a body to be rotated and tested for balance, means mounting said support for free movement in one plane only transverse to said shaft, v

vmeans operating vfrom one side only of said the lateral pressure of said shaft upon said support caused by` shaft for counteractin centrifugal forces acting on said shaft, and means for indicating the counteracting pressure.

7 In a balancing device, the combination of a support for a shaft carrying a body to be rotated and tested for balance, means for mounting said support for movement in one predetermined plane, means operating from one side only of said shaft for shifting said mounting means to counteract any lateral pressure ofsaid shaft upon said lsupport caused by centrifugal forces acting on said shaft, and means for indicating the counterl actin pressure.

8. a balancing device, the combination of a flexible shaft for carrying a body t0 be lll rotated and tested for balance, a support for said shaft, means for mounting said support for movement in one predetermined plane, means operatlng from one side only `of said shaft for shifting said mounting 9. In a balancing device, thevcombination of a flexible shaft for carrying a body to be rotated 'and tested for balance, a support for said shaft, means for mounting said support for movement in one predetermined plane, and means including a spring element operating 'from one side only of said shaft for shifting said mounting means to counteract any lateral pressure of said shaft upon said support caused by centrifugal forces acting on said shaft, and means for indieating the counteracting' pressure of said spring element.

10. In a balancing device, the combination of a flexible shaft for carrying a body t be rotatedjand tested for balance, supports for said shaft, means including devices yielding N 4 I I in predetermined directions for respectively mounting said supports, contact abutments Xed at one side of said mounting means for moving lsaid mounting means into contact `with said abutments to' counteract pressure of said shaft caused byv centrifugal forces,

pressure.

A 11. In a balancing device, xthe corrrbinati'on` of a'flexible shaft for carrying a body to be rotated and tested for balance, supports for said shaft, frames for respectively mounting said supports, spring means for respectively supporting said frames forfmovement in a predetermined plane, fixed abutments in the path of,said frames, means forv shifting said frames into Contact With said abutments to counter-balance pressure against said frames caused by centrifugal forces on said shaft, and mean's to measure the respective counteracting pressures. l 2

Signed at Philadelphia,`county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, this eighthv day of'January, 1925.

TINIUS OLSEN. JACOB LUNDIGRREN. 

